The list of big systemic changes that some Democratic presidential candidates are pushing is long and getting longer and it includes greatly expanding the size of the Supreme Court and throwing out the Electoral College.

There are vast differences among the more than a dozen Democrats who have thrown their hats in the ring for the 2020 presidential race, but six of them have something significant in common: Should one of them win, their husband would become the first-ever first spouse.

The death toll from Cyclone Idai in Mozambique is likely to rise sharply, while hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans are now dependent on food aid. Millions have been affected across southeast Africa and have little other option than to wait for help. Sam Holder reports.

As Yemen's war grinds into its fifth year with diplomatic efforts to resolve it stalling, ten-year-old Afaf's father sees little hope he will be able to give his starving daughter the food or healthcare she needs.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday a short delay to Britain's departure from the European Union would give parliament time to make a final choice on Brexit, hours before she will make her case with EU leaders for an extension.

American whiskey exports slumped in the second half of 2018, taking a blow from higher duties by the country’s trading partners following President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, an industry group said on Thursday.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday a short delay to Britain's departure from the European Union would give parliament time to make a final choice on Brexit. Rough cut (no reporter narration).

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Colombia’s Constitutional Court said Wednesday that it cannot block President Ivan Duque’s decision to return a law that defines the powers of the country’s war crimes tribunal to Congress. In… The post Colombia’s court won’t block return of war crimes bill to Congress appeared first on Colombia News | Colombia Reports.

Colombians living in Europe will formally request that the International Criminal Court (ICC) open a criminal investigation into the systematic killing of social leaders in their country. Some 40 leaders will… The post ICC to be asked to investigate mass killing of Colombia’s social leaders appeared first on Colombia News | Colombia Reports.

“Romaña,” the former FARC commander who has been called the “kidnapping czar” of the demobilized guerrilla group, failed to appear before the war crimes tribunal on Wednesday. The attorney of… The post FARC’s “kidnapping czar” fails to appear at court hearing, citing death threats appeared first on Colombia News | Colombia Reports.

Classes were suspended across Colombia and teachers marched in major cities on Wednesday calling on the government to fulfill promises of increased funds for public education. According to teachers union… The post Teacher close schools across Colombia, claiming chronic state neglect appeared first on Colombia News | Colombia Reports.

President Ivan Duque said Tuesday that indigenous protests in southwest Colombia are receiving the support of illegal armed groups after alleged guerrillas attacked riot police. The indigenous groups in the… The post Duque claims south Colombia indigenous protests infiltrated by illegal armed groups after cop killing appeared first on Colombia News | Colombi […]

Dutch prosecutors believe that the suspect in the Utrecht tram shooting that killed three people on Monday had a terrorist motive, but authorities are probing if this was combined with any "personal problems," according to a statement released on Thursday.